This really interesting post; Tahrir Square: Social Media, Public Space (on Design Observer), looks at the parallel role of virtual and physical space in recent events in the Middle East. With #Jan25, #Bahrain and the like ‘trending’ on twitter, (not to mention the implication of Wikileaks earlier in the story), there’s much talk of this being a ‘communication’ revolution, but the article contextualises this nicely alongside some analysis of shared public spaces.

Really interesting idea continuing from The National Theatre. A production is simultaneously broadcast around the world, there’s one on 17th March directed by Danny Boyle. It will be on in Glasgow and The Hague so it will be like a time portal (or something) between everyone who is watching, ooooo. But also I am keen to see how it feels to be in a cinema and seeing a play, will seeing different camera view etc change how you absorb the play? For the better?

Via manystuff.org, D-Crit lectures videos with Rick Poynor, “Curating ‘Uncanny: Surrealism and Graphic Design’”, Rob Giampietro, “On Design, Distribution, and Circulation”, David Reinfurt, “The First Rule is Always Production, Never Documentation. The Second Rule is There Are No Rules”, and more…